Smith's beau reclaims Bahamas house

February 12, 2007

NASSAU, Bahamas — Anna Nicole Smith's 5-month-old daughter and the baby's purported father have reclaimed the Bahamas mansion where they lived before the former Playboy Playmate died last week, her lawyer said.

Not only is the paternity of Smith's baby--who could inherit a fortune from Smith's late husband--in dispute, but so is the Bahamas mansion where Smith had been living.

Smith, who died in Florida on Thursday, had claimed that a U.S. developer and former boyfriend, Ben Thompson, gave her the house. But Thompson said he had only loaned it to Smith--and on Friday had the locks changed.

Smith's lawyer and companion, Howard K. Stern--one of three men who claims to be the baby's father--had the locks changed again and on Sunday was again at the waterfront estate, known as "Horizons."

The baby girl, Dannielynn Hope Marshall Stern, was also there, attorney Wayne Munroe told The Associated Press. An AP Television News reporter saw Stern's mother enter the white house, as well. Another AP reporter saw Smith's mother, Vergie Arthur, at the gates, but she did not go inside.

Munroe said he filed a robbery complaint with police over computer equipment, drawings and paintings allegedly taken from the home. Police said Sunday they are investigating.

"Howard is very happy to be reunited with Dannielynn but extremely angry that somebody had the gall to break into Anna's residence," Stern's spokesman, Ron Rale, said Sunday by telephone from Los Angeles.